JACKSON, Tenn. – For landscapers, growers, retailers or interested consumers who wish to stay current on best management practices and recommended low maintenance plant choices, the University of Tennessee  Institute of Agriculture is offering a Landscape Review.  This special event will be held Thursday, September 2, 2010, at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center from 9:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
 
The Landscape Review will feature walking tours of the UT Gardens – Jackson, an overview of plant trials used to evaluate better plants for Tennessee landscapes, and updates on current pest, disease and weed control methods.  A complete breakdown of sessions is as follows:
 
9:00   – Update on Weed Control in Turf and Ornamentals
10:00 – Walking Tour, Pest Resistant Plants Part I
11:00 – Update on Diseases in Turf and Ornamentals
12:00 – Lunch on your own
1:15   – Walking Tour, Pest Resistant Plants Part II
2:15   – Update on Insect Control in Turf and Ornamentals
 
Each session will be led by UT experts. Pesticide certification points (CEU’s) will be awarded at each session. A total of five points will be awarded in C3, C10 and C12.
 
Admission to the Landscape Review is free.  For more information, including directions to the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center, go to http://west.tennessee.edu.
 

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Dick Ott, adjunct faculty member and leader of the Interior Plantscaping Program within the University of Tennessee College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Department of Plant Sciences, is the 2010 inductee into the Plantscape Industry Alliance’s Interior Plantscape Hall of Fame. The Plantscape Hall of Fame was established in 1996 to honor individuals of integrity whose personal dedication provided great leadership in the development and growth of the interiorscape industry either as an interiorscaping professional or as an allied trade professional.

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Submitted by Dr. Susan Hamilton, Director of the UT Gardens.

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KNOXVILLE – The University of Tennessee Arboretum Society and the UT Arboretum invite the public to join them on Saturday, July 24, 2010, for a special dedication of the Harold L. Elmore Holly Collection Entrance at the Arboretum.  A new natural stone feature has been constructed to serve as an impressive entrance to the Arboretum’s Harold L. Elmore Holly Collection. The collection is officially recognized by the Holly Society of America.  Professionals and volunteers have worked for the last several months to construct the entrance.
The late Harold Elmore was a long time member of the UT Arboretum Society and past president of the Holly Society of America. A chemist and horticulturalist, his expertise as a holly hybridizer gained him frequent opportunities to share his knowledge locally and internationally and earned him the nickname “Mr. Holly.”   Over the years Mr. Elmore made many holly plant donations to the Arboretum’s holly collection, which was named in his honor in April 2004. Members of the Elmore family are expected to participate at the dedication.

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